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Chesapeake Foodshed Network 2018 and 2019 Impact Report
Chesapeake Foodshed Network 2018 and 2019 Impact Report
On March 20, 2019, the Maryland General Assembly passed a new state minimum wage law. The law raises the state’s minimum wage for $10.10 to $15.00 by 2025. For employers with 15 or more employees, the wage rate will increase $0.75 each year until 2024 and increase $1.00 in 2025...
The labor market continues to be very tight; National unemployment, currently at 3.6%, is at its lowest rate since 1969. This tightened market has put pay growth on an upward trend. Strong growth continues in health care, social assistance and food services. Read More
The Rural Maryland Council published a special report, 2020 Rural Prosperity Investment Initiative: Building on the Past; Investing in the Future, establishing that Marylanders living in rural communities: Are achieving success in education and employment, Have access to quality and affordable health care and other vital services, and Live in an environment...
On Saturday, April 27th, family, friends, public officials, and Habitat homebuyers, board, staff, and volunteers gathered on Port Street in Easton, Maryland to dedicate the home of Habitat’s 79th homebuyer, Harry Seldon. Mr. Seldon was presented with the keys to his new home and moved in that day. “We are blessed...
On Tuesday, February 25th, Easton Economic Development Corp and Chesapeake Harvest hosted a dinner meeting designed to update farmers, restaurant and catering owners, retail buyers, and community leaders on Chesapeake Harvest programs. There was also an overview and wrap up of the USDA Local Food Promotion Program Grant (LFPP). The...
NOAA’s National Ocean Service is pleased to share the conclusions of the Tred Avon River ecological assessment report in relation to Easton Point. The study, which analyzed the impacts of land use on the condition of the aquatic ecosystem in the Tred Avon River, was conducted over the period 2015-2017...
Don’t miss the opportunity to experience an afternoon or evening screening of the film Fantastic Fungi on Thursday, March 26th at Temple B’Nai Israel in Easton sponsored by Out of the Fire and Dock Street Foundation. Award-winning filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg has teamed up with an all-star team of professional and amateur mycologists,...
Easton was recently ranked 10th out of small towns and cities in millionaires by Kiplinger. “Maryland has the fourth-most millionaires per capita of any state in the U.S., according to Phoenix Marketing International. The downside? Maryland is one of Kiplinger’s 10 least tax-friendly states.” https://www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/investing/T006-S001-25-small-towns-with-big-millionaire-populations/index.html
Pictured above: Left – Easton Public Works Department employee, Logan Lyons, installing a shamrock Right – Shamrock mounted on a light post If you have been admiring the shamrocks on Easton’s street light poles, you’re not alone. They are brought to you by the same people who create the yearly...
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